Lansing, MI - IT - DTMB - Agency Services - DHHS - Database Administrator 2

As a Database Administrator, the resource, participates in 24x7 software and hardware support for complex applications in several versions of SQL Server, with high availability and Disaster Recovery support, following industry and DTMB development standards. Helps develop and/or submit for approval, plans for installation, patch management maintenance, upgrades and support for the Database systems. . Evaluate impacts of change and new technology, recommend solutions to persistent problems, and serves as Agency Services liaison to external consultants.

Individual tasks related to the duty:
• Follow and enforce database standards, policies & procedures. Research and draft guidelines within the boundaries of current policies and standards.
• Monitor space allocation across databases. perform adjustments in test and development environments as necessary and as prescribed by predefined standards/guidelines.
• Calculate disk space requirements for existing and/or new installations of existing business needs
• Modify DBMS parameters based on capacity changes.
• Configure and execute database integrity checks.
• Monitor for database integrity checks.
• Install database base management software for development and test environments.
• Install database patches and service packs for development and test environments.
• Monitor and support clustered database environments.
• Monitor and support database replication and backup environments.
• Implement the strategy to release unused space or repair fragmentation in test and development environments.
• Execute (run) scripts provided by Systems Analysts or Database Architect/Designer for creating and modifying database objects (tables, views, constraints, indexes, etc.)
• Monitor database back-ups to ensure recoverability. Troubleshoot backup errors.
• Monitor database jobs and scheduled processes in development, test and production environments. Participate in troubleshooting.
• Monitor database environments (using alert logs, trace files, alert mechanisms, and other tools) for issues and problems with database functionality, connectivity, or downtime.
• Follow standards and guidelines for database space allocation based on best practices and implementation considerations based on business requirements.

Required Skills : • 5+ years of Database administration specifically on SQL Server 16 and upwards. • 3+ years of experience creating, updating and maintaining systems documentation. • Expertise in HA and DR solutions. • Transparent Data Encryption within SQL Server.

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Background Check : Yes


Drug Screen : Yes


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Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :Yes
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
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